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Ian Hughes The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)’s proposed levy rate has been backed by four out of five of Scotland’s construction employers – alongside calls for reform.

Stewart Rutherford and John Dunn Building surveying and project management firm PMP has appointed Stewart Rutherford as a new director in charge of the firm’s Edinburgh office as it embarks on an ambitious plan to double its turnover in the next three years.

Ken Gillespie Homes for Scotland has today announced the appointment of Ken Gillespie as chair on a three year term with immediate effect.

The UK business of Spanish contractor Ferrovial has suffered another pre-tax loss after taking a further hit on the M8 improvement project. Filings published at Companies House for Ferrovial Agroman UK revealed pre-tax losses of £12 million in the year to December 31, slightly up from a £13m loss

Greg Allan Chartered building surveyors Whitecross Building Consultancy has announced a further expansion with the appointment of senior building surveyor Greg Allan.

Bathroom pod manufacturer Offsite Solutions has been awarded a supply contract for the new £70 million state-of-the-art East Lothian Community Hospital. The firm will provide 134 factory-built bathroom pods for the 22,000sqm community hospital in Haddington. The units will be supplied without floor

Ian Livingstone While Dundee’s proposed new Local Development Plan (LDP) provides continuity, Ian Livingstone says more flexibility is required to attract investment and meet current demands.

Cladding used on a set of tower blocks in Glasgow will be inspected as the local authority continues its progress to identify and test buildings believed to contain aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding. Last week it was revealed residents in two of the blocks at the Glasgow Harbour developmen

The future’s looking brighter for eight Dundee electricians who have just secured new jobs thanks to ongoing work at V&A Museum of Design Dundee. The three qualified electricians and five apprentices, including an adult trainee, had been made redundant from local mechanical and electrical comp

Winner of the Health & Safety Award Harry Murji and Neil Thomson of Stewart Milne Group Safety performance scoops two awards for Stewart Milne Group

Aberdeen Football Club's planning application for proposed community and sports facilities, football academy, stadium and ancillary works at Kingsford will not now go before Councillors for determination next week.

A £40 million expansion of Spirits producer Chivas Brothers’ Kilmalid site in Dumbarton has been approved by West Dunbartonshire Council’s Planning Committee ─ guaranteeing hundreds of new jobs for the area.

Kier Construction Scotland has been named as one of four principal supply chain partners on the new £160 million Aberdeenshire Council Social Housing Improvement Framework, which will see Kier deliver up to £40m worth of construction, renovation and maintenance improvements to thousands of counci

The first step in a £40 million partnership programme to create 150 new extra care housing properties in the Borders has been taken.

Plans have been lodged by Scottish Borders Council to demolish a primary to make way for a new facility merging three schools in Jedburgh. Working alongside Borders Council, Hub South East, BAM and TGP, the team are set to deliver a 434 -space primary, 550 pupil secondary and a nursery to repla